Social Question

Has a character flaw ever kept you from being a criminal?

I was at the mall today, and the cashier was a pretty girl with a wonderful smile. As I walked away, I thought to myself, “Under other circumstances, I could very easily be her stalker.” But then I answered myself, “No way. You’re not that industrious.”

Got me to thinking… has a character flaw ever kept my fellow Jellfolk from becoming criminals?

Generally what has kept me from being a criminal is 1) for the most part I’m an honest and ethical person, 2) I have a tremendous fear of going to jail and 3) like you, I’m just too lazy to pursue criminal activities. The first item works a lot of the time, but if there’s a chance of that one failing me, I have numbers 2 & 3 to back me up. It’s a trio of characteristics that has kept me on the straight and narrow my entire life.

Anxiety and the ability to be read easily. I’m also very much into honesty, so a criminal lifestyle wouldn’t work for me. However, there have been several times where I’ve heard about people getting caught for stupid things and I think of how I would’ve done whatever the crime was and gotten away with it, if I wanted to and was dumb enough to actually follow through with the urge to commit a crime.